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ramen-flavored · 10 months

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Captain America wouldn’t approve of these fireworks scaring my dog

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contemplatingoutlander · 2 years

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Some Thoughts on This July 4th, 2022

Max Boot, a former Republican journalist who left the GOP after they embraced Trump, provides an outline about how we might be able to move forward as a nation.

Is there a sensible middle ground between vituperation and veneration of the Founders? Yes. We should acknowledge their manifold faults, while also paying tribute to their still-radical vision of a world in which everyone has an “unalienable” right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Above all, we must vindicate their desire to create a “more perfect Union” to “secure the Blessings of Liberty.” [...] Most of the Founders knew better than to try to shackle their progeny to their own worldview. Thomas Jefferson rejected the tendency to “look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.” He argued “that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.”

We need not go as far as Jefferson did in urging that “every constitution … and every law” should expire every 19 years. But our institutions do need to be significantly reformed to “keep pace with the times.”

Boot goes on to say we should make Senate representation “proportional” to state population and we should eliminate the electoral college. Yet, since these changes would require Constitutional amendments, they aren’t likely to happen. However, Boot goes on to say:

But there are other steps we can take, even without amending the Constitution, to make our political system more democratic and representative. We should, for example, expand the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court. They reached their present size in 1912 and 1869, respectively, when the country was far smaller. (The U.S. population has tripled in the past century.) We should also end the Senate filibuster, whose use has dramatically expanded in recent years, creating a de facto supermajority requirement that gives a small minority of the population a veto over all legislation.

Instead of acrimoniously and endlessly debating whether the Founders were good or bad, let’s focus on improving the system they created so that it better serves Americans in the 21st century. As Jefferson knew, “institutions must advance” along with society.

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#us politics #a roadmap for change #expand the house of representatives #expand the supreme court #eliminate the filibuster #thomas jefferson #the constitution needs to be a living document #max boot #the washington post #the fourth of july

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captainwaffles · 28 days

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Fourth of July by Sufjan Steven’s has my crying again

#captainwaffles #the Fourth of July #sufjan stevens #aesthetic #collage #Pinterest #song #lyrics

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chaotic-archaeologist · 2 years

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What do you usually do for the Fourth of July?

I don't really celebrate the Fourth of July. Independence is a fallacy when we live in a country that is essentially a militarized theocracy/surveillance state with the highest rate of incarceration on the planet :)

-Reid

#he speaks #he answers #the fourth of july #sorry to be a bummer but it's true

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underwhelmingalchemist · 10 months

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The only America I care about today is America's ass

#as far as i'm concerned the fourth is only good for convincing my dad to haul out the old fire pit and make smores #captain america #steve rogers #fourth of july #the fourth of july #happy birthday steve rogers #4th of july

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woodelf68 · 10 months

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#independence day #fourth of july #the fourth of july #polls #poll #if you choose the eagle you must tell me his name #america #usa #ponds or rivers count as acceptable alternatives to the pool

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loudhousecomicsandstories3 · 10 months

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GOD BLESS AMERICA

happy 4th of july from me, tmntfan85.

#regina loud #lamis loud #ruby tuesday loud #lester loud #lexington loud #theloudhouse #the loud house #4th of July #the fourth of july

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maglorslostsilmaril · 2 years

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holy fuck. my heart goes out to anyone closely affected by highland park. even on our so called day of independence, we are allowed to be safe in this goddamn country. stay safe, as best you can, and if you’re able, please take some time to donate to organizations fighting for gun restrictions.

everytown.org

bradyunited.org

marchforourlives.com

vpc.org

Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

stay safe <3

#gun control #gun violence #tw gun violence #tw guns #highland park #highland park Illinois #independence day #the fourth of july #tw death #pro gun control #gun regulation

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grimweaver · 2 years

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How ironic that we celebrate freedoms purchased by the blood of soldiers by terrorizing the ones still living with PTSD by setting off things that sound like bombs and gunfire in the neighborhood and tell them to just get over it because they want to have fun. It's like "Yay! Freedom! Thank you, Soldiers... but also **** you!"

#the fourth of July #4th of july #independence day

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kaldurcalm · 10 months

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Cackling.

In case the original goes away:

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Washington State Department of Natural resources tweets:

(Falling to my knees, begging, pleading)

Please.

Folks, seriously.

PLEASE.

Do not - and I can’t emphasize this enough - set the state on fire this weekend.

Fire danger is abnormally high this holiday weekend.

URGING you to consider firework alternatives:

- screaming “bang! boom!” at the sky

- dropping a stack of large books on the floor

- wrapping a toga around a candle

- play America the Beautiful while combining Coke and Mentos

Edit: guys. There's so many more pictures. Idk how many people this will reach, but your questions have mostly been answered in a different reblog. The notes are funny. Please check them out.

#fourth of july #july 4th #washington state #fireworks #funny #twitter #fire

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lesbianjudasiscariot · 10 months

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#good luck yall #fourth of july #4th of july #independence day #♡

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happyroadkillart · 10 months

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🇺🇸 🦅 🦅🦅

#4th of july #independence day #🦅#🇺🇸#comic #art #cartoon #politics #artists on tumblr #fourth of july #merica

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pastlivesandperfectoceans · 10 months

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July Calendar

#july #the fourth of july #July 4th #independence day #calender #inspiration #inspire #beach #waves #sand #art #organization #organize #Malibu #california

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community-mission · 10 months

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Awesome God New Life Ministries-Independence Day

#The Fourth of July #American Independence Day #Freedom #Liberty

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animentality · 10 months

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#twitter #fourth of july #july 4th #independence day

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crushing-on-nico-di-angelo · 1 year

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and I'm sorry I left, but it was for the best my little dove...

absolute solitude: selected poems, dulce maria loynaz (tr. james o'connor) // the glass essay, anne carson // boyish, japanese breakfast // @uglyfruit // yves olade // hunger, harry styles // a not admitting of the wound, emily dickinson // no surprises, radiohead // fourth of july, sufjan stevens

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